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I will always be grateful to Recce for putting their lives on the line for us, says Dusit survivor

Brian Kuira a Dusit D2 hotel terror attack survivor (Photo: Edward Kiplimo)

For the last one year, Brian Kuira, a survivor of last year’s al Shabaab attack at the Dusit D2 Hotel complex, has largely shielded himself from the ugly and traumatic reminders of the attack.

“Trying to keep it away from your memory is the best way to cope with it.  I totally kept it out of my mind,” Kuira poignantly tells Standard, in an interview at his office in Nairobi.

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